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sixlets skirt

Every year I get a little obsessed with the special issue sixlets in Spring colors. I eat way too many of them because I always have them out because they’re just so dang cheerful. So I made it into a skirt for Phoebe, because I can’t eat that!

This is what’d I’d call an “art skirt”. Not really something practical, nothing that can be washed. I didn’t use fabric paint. A just-for-fun frivolity based on an easter candy. That sort of thing.

You can use acrylic paint for fabric paint! Running an iron over the back of it will help seal it into the fabric a little better, but it would probably be fine without that.
In the future, you can buy a textile medium to mix into the acrylic paint to officially make it fabric paint (it’s in the craft paint section). I think it just makes it a little thinner & more flexible so it won’t crack as easily, but not much different.

Oh that is adorable!! I might have to make one for Lil’ Miss!!
Also, you can totally use acrylic paint on fabric- you could iron it or run it through the dryer for 20 minutes or so to heat set it and then you should be able to wash normally!
What a cute idea!!

Reading

My Book

A captivating gang of 24 huggable, lovable creatures to sew—from classics like Margot, a topsy-turvy doll, and the button-jointed teddy bear Bjorn Bjornson, to irresistible Evelyn, a wool felt inchworm decked out in mod glasses and a kerchief, and Koji, a fiercely cute spiked softie monster. There’s something for everyone here—from kids to grown-ups and from beginning sewers to advanced dollmakers. Published by STC Craft, August, 2010.